plexiglas

\plɛk.si.ɡlas\

/\plɛk.si.ɡlas\/ noun

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The verdict

“plexiglas” is uncommon French (frequency #56,179 among 248,534 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,179
frequency rank, French
248,534
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Méthacrylate de méthyle, plastique dur, transparent et incassable employé comme verre de sécurité ou dans la fabrication d'objets divers.

Corpus desk

Index FR-plexiglas · plexiglas · French

plexiglas · rank #56,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,179
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 248,534
  • PHOTO-FINISH planteur

Nearest frequency peer: planteur (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Frequency neighbourhood for “plexiglas”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “plexiglas” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for plexiglas
PropertyValue
Headwordplexiglas
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\plɛk.si.ɡlas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “plexiglas” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). plexiglas lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

plexiglas is uncommon French at frequency #56,179 among 248,534 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \plɛk.si.ɡlas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Méthacrylate de méthyle, plastique dur, transparent et incassable employé comme verre de sécurité ou dans la fabrication d'objets divers.".

plexiglas has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is plexiglas, spelled P-L-E-X-I-G-L-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Méthacrylate de méthyle, plastique dur, transparent et incassable employé comme verre de sécurité ou dans la fabrication d'objets divers.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how plexiglas appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Pare-brise en plexiglas.
  2. Derrière sa vitre en plexiglas, Marc Lièvremont retrouve sa mine triste et déconfite des mauvais jours.

This word in other languages

plexiglass(English)Acrylglas(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plexiglas"?
"plexiglas" is spelled P-L-E-X-I-G-L-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is \plɛk.si.ɡlas\.
What does "plexiglas" mean?
As a noun, "plexiglas" means: Méthacrylate de méthyle, plastique dur, transparent et incassable employé comme verre de sécurité ou dans la fabrication d'objets divers.
How do you pronounce "plexiglas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plexiglas" is \plɛk.si.ɡlas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plexiglas" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "plexiglas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

politburo#56,182possédées#56,185percevons#56,169paysagère#56,168
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list